Sun Valley Tribune: Valley Lifehttps://sunvalleytribune.com/valley-life/feed.xmlMusic, literature, and community life across Sun Valley, Ketchum, and Blaine County.en-usSun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -060037th Sun Valley Jazz and Music Festival runs through Sunday, with free concerts on Ketchum Town Squarehttps://sunvalleytribune.com/sun-valley-jazz-festival-37th-opens-oct-15/https://sunvalleytribune.com/sun-valley-jazz-festival-37th-opens-oct-15/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0600Sadie LarkThe 37th annual Sun Valley Jazz and Music Festival opened Thursday, Oct. 15, and runs through Sunday, Oct. 18, across the Sun Valley Village. Visit Sun Valley counts 110 live performances by 47 bands and guest artists at five venues with four dance floors, plus free music at the Sun Valley Inn and two free community concerts on Ketchum Town Square.Trailing of the Sheep opens its 30th run, with 1,200 sheep bound for Main Streethttps://sunvalleytribune.com/trailing-of-the-sheep-30th-underway/https://sunvalleytribune.com/trailing-of-the-sheep-30th-underway/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0600Sadie LarkThe 30th annual Trailing of the Sheep Festival opened Wednesday in Ketchum, Hailey and Sun Valley, five days of sheepherding heritage that close Sunday with the Big Sheep Parade down Main Street.Ketchum's first mechanical parking system completed ahead of Observatory hotel debuthttps://sunvalleytribune.com/observatory-viceroy-klaus-parking-ketchum/https://sunvalleytribune.com/observatory-viceroy-klaus-parking-ketchum/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0600Victor AmesKLAUS Multiparking America has finished a two-level mechanical parking system with 86 spaces at The Observatory, a Viceroy Resort in Ketchum, the first such installation in the city, ahead of the hotel's fall 2026 opening.Music Festival closes 42nd summer with Mahler's Firsthttps://sunvalleytribune.com/music-festival-42nd-season/https://sunvalleytribune.com/music-festival-42nd-season/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0600Sadie LarkThe Sun Valley Music Festival wrapped its 42nd summer season Aug. 20 with Mahler's Symphony No. 1 at the Pavilion, closing nearly a month of free concerts.Students break bread with Beth Macy at Writers' Conferencehttps://sunvalleytribune.com/writers-conference-student-luncheon/https://sunvalleytribune.com/writers-conference-student-luncheon/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0600Sadie LarkLocal high school students who spent the school year reading Beth Macy's “Paper Girl” sat down with the author over lunch at the 2026 Sun Valley Writers' Conference.